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by rndmize 8y ago
> They allow unlimited multi-story flats to get built, the area is now full of the things. Population density will increase further, but major infrastructure won't, so now you need bigger roads, more roads, maybe a subway, smog goes
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There are now more job openings than people unemployed(axios.com)
2 points by rndmize 8y ago|1 comments
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by rndmize 8y ago
Your post is optimistic to the point I choked on my coffee. Our economy is predicated on consumer spending; we have a whole set of industries built on the backs of poor financial decision making and being near-broke (payday loans, credit ca
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by rndmize 8y ago
You can still have an impact. Make noise in favor of things like open primaries, proportional representation, and instant-runoff/score/range voting. Imo one of the biggest problems with our current system (single winner FPTP) is i
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by rndmize 8y ago
Many of them are, actually. See: https://www.spur.org/ A fair number of tech companies donate to SPUR, which does policy analysis/writing, advocacy, etc., including Dropbox, Salesforce, Netflix, and others. That said,
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by rndmize 8y ago
Going from "I see higher inflation" to "a nationwide measure is rigged" is a big leap.
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by rndmize 9y ago
IIRC this ad campaign wasn't a "trust only us" campaign; it was a direct response to the never-ending calls of "fake news" from the president and right-wing against CNN. In a world where the the president literally
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by rndmize 9y ago
Simplified Chinese being the most common language (by far at 52%) threw me for a loop, though it probably shouldn't in this day and age. (For context: English - 23%, Russian - 7.7%, Spanish - 2.8%).
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by rndmize 9y ago
Efficiency aside, that feels like awful planning to me. Growing up in the Bay Area, the threat of a significant earthquake has been ever-present. My family always had several dozen bottles of water and a reasonable amount of canned/jar
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by rndmize 9y ago
Because when it comes down to it, a lot of these things are supported on a local or state level. HN is California-heavy and reflects the politics of the state (and the Bay Area specifically). As such, the prevailing opinion is likely to be
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by rndmize 9y ago
Disenfranchisement can be achieved on a greater scale if you make an example of people. If you take one person and throw them in jail for voting, you get a classic chilling effect.
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A mile from Apple HQ, housing proposal for dying Cupertino mall sparks fight(sfgate.com)
2 points by rndmize 9y ago|1 comments
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by rndmize 9y ago
The administration (ie. the Trump administration, ie. the executive branch) has no control over spending and the president's budget is more of a wishlist than anything else. Congress sets the budget and passes the bill(s) that fund it.
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by rndmize 9y ago
> China forced Marriott to suspend all online booking for a week at its nearly 300 Chinese hotels. A Chinese leader also demanded the company publicly apologize and “seriously deal with the people responsible,” the Journal reported. I lo
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by rndmize 9y ago
Agreed. This comes down to a battle between homeowners and renters + new arrivals. Facebook/Google are moving to deal with the complaints they're hearing from their workforce that the municipalities have consistently ignored for y
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by rndmize 9y ago
Why would you? If your home value is going up, your property taxes are mostly static, and rents are high enough to cover your mortgage and then some, there's no reason to sell when you can hire a property management company to take car
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What we learned: science matters. Or does it?(3m.com)
1 points by rndmize 9y ago|0 comments
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by rndmize 9y ago
This is probably going to sound like terrible advice, but I'd pick up an MMO. If you're stuck in a rural area and have physical issues with travel or can't afford it, your options for face-to-face contact are pretty much nil.
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by rndmize 9y ago
Your new edit is also about the Model 3... and even appears to be citing the same original source.
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by rndmize 9y ago
> ...and the outcome is lower prices to consumers. Not totally sold on that part.
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by rndmize 9y ago
https://www.reddit.com/r/NeutralPolitics/
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by rndmize 9y ago
Good intentions? Any time I read something like this: https://www.thenation.com/article/big-brothers-thought-contr... my doubts about them increase.
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Is that an Equalizer in your pocket? (2010)(teamfortress.com)
1 points by rndmize 9y ago|0 comments
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by rndmize 9y ago
The prequalification walls stuff is bullshit and should be illegal. Twice now I've moved to a recently constructed place where it was impossible to get any information on offerings or prices before completion - and putting in neighbor&
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by rndmize 9y ago
Shouldn't make much difference, at a guess. Poorer states will generally have proportionally cheaper cost of living, real estate, etc. and should be able to do more with less as a result.
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by rndmize 9y ago
Disagree. Moving funding to a federal level might be more efficient but gives me, as a resident of one particular state, less control over how much is spent on education. I have zero interest in seeing a nationally funded education system g
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by rndmize 9y ago
Federal funding for schools shouldn't exist, imo. I'd prefer to see states handle everything related to funding and operating their education systems and the Dept of Ed perform a metrics/analytics/analysis/recommend
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by rndmize 9y ago
> I think it's impressive that the media made you think he was the one responsible for that narrative, instead of them. I hold a similar opinion to the op, and don't really see how there's any narrative being formed. WikiL
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A small town in Japan doubles its fertility rate(economist.com)
4 points by rndmize 9y ago|0 comments
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by rndmize 9y ago
It feels like every time I hear something about Wiener, he's doing stuff that needs to get done. I'm tempted to send him some money even though I'm not in his district.

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